Theories of Language Teaching: Art, Science and Craft Views

Theories of Teaching in Language Teaching

Teaching can be view it in different ways

Craft

Technology

Science

Art

Everyhing is researched and experimented

This is my conception, as a teacher i think we should view it as an art directly conected to the teacher’s personality and skills

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Concept map

Daniel Felipe Hernández Garzon

Didactics of english - Edwin Andres Londoño

"Something wich depends on the teacher’s individual skill and personality, Zahorik 1986 (1986,p.22)

Art - Craft Conceptions

Treat each teaching situation as unique

Each student is unique and we should teach differently

Identify the particular characteristics of each situation

Try out different teaching strategies

Talking about english its usally speaking, writing, reading or listening, we have to lead the class based on the age and profile or our student.

If my student has a difficulty about listening we can use music, if its about speaking we can try acting for the class.

Science - Reasearch

Conceptions

Understand the learning principles

Monitor Students performance on tasks

Develop tasks and activities based on the learning principles

Memory, transfer, motivation and other factors that can affect learning

Creating and essay using all the information given in class

Quizzes or evaluations to measure performance and weaknesses

Verifying if the student is keeping all the information teached and similars.

Theory - Philosophy Conceptions

Understand the theory and the principles

Select syllabi, materials, and tasks base on the theory

Monitor your teaching to see that it conforms to the theory

Based on what is ought to work or whats morally right

Teaching as a philosophy can lead us to a gray point in some situations, due to the fact that ethics and morality changes on every single person